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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
Enough Of Idle, Empty Words!
It's Action Needed Now or
We are Lost.
How Dare the Planting Jade
Presume to Build q Road
At Such q C0St2
4 Protest" from the Duluth
Chamber Of Commerce is
Now in Order,

Our article last week about the new
double track, low grade road from Sd
perior to st. Paul just set our friend
Mitchell Of the Duluth Tribune wild.
Mitchell tries hard 10 ignore the
TIMES, but here was matter that
could not be ignored 1t was mat
ter Of vital moment, to Duluth, and it
must be looked after After copying
extracts from our article, brother
Mitchell rends his shirt, puts on sack
cloth and ashes, and lament5 thusly:
IF tie above statement lie correct,
it is time that Dqluth was up and do
ing. President Stckney has frequent
given people to understand that he
intended extending the Minnesota &
Northwestern system - Duluth. II
he has changed his mind and now
proposes to 90 t. Superior, the people
Of Duluth cannot afford to stand still.
The committee appointed at the re
cent citizens railway meeting has
here some work which should engage
their attention at once. With a
proper effort on their part, supported
by the entire community, there should
be little trouble in inducing Mr, Stick
ncy to reconsider his latest plans and
make the lake terminus on this side.
There was considerable talk at the
recent public meeting Of the necessity
of doing something to encourage rail
roads t. come here, and the folly o!
pursuing the policy ofindi.ierence was
pointed out. Well, now this Is the
time Tor action. Speeches such as
were then made amount t. little, unless
followed by united and determined
action. The new railway from st.
Paul and the steamship line in con
ncction must not be permitted to 90
to Superior. 1t must come to Duluth.
Let the railway committee see to il
that every effort Is made to secure this
desirable result"
Wei, brother Mitchell, we are
happy 70 inform You that the story
Of George Warrington AMI The hatch
ct read to Us IN early life left a deep
impression on orr mind, and, like the
noble George, the TIMES never lies,
Cor hardly eyer), and this is not one
of the hardly ever cases. The road Is
going to be built, and as, the articles
of incorporation now on file at Madl-
son says, it viii be built from Super
Tor City to St. Paul and Minneapolis
not from Duluth etc. Mr.. Stickncl
Is shrewd railroad man and knows
where he wants to go to without any
advice from the Duluth Railroad
Committee. All aboard
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
Not to be Forgotten,
a soldier of the rebellion writes to

A soldier Of the rebellion writes to
the Chicago Mail, after this fashion:
Cleveland, Endicott and Drum haye
put in another form the frequently re
peated question. "Will you never get
through with the war;" To this | az
an old soldier, with other old soldiers
reply: "No, not in our memory of its
sacrifices and its heroism on both sides.
1t was an agony that pulsed along
every taut nerve of the millions north
and south through four awful years
an agony rs tense as that Of Gethse-
name, and yet Gethsemane is as fresh
today as when the olives of the garden
dropped in pity over the Royal Head
bowed under IL burden too great for
the mortal part Of Him to bear. The
lost limbs of the manned in the war
have not grown again; the arm that
once did loyal service for General
tairchild has mouldered into the soil
Of Gettysburg; none of the fallen haye
come back to make glad the hearts
that ached when they fell; the bugle
blast is vet to be blown that Will call
into line the shadowy host along the
yellow, sandy reaches, and through
the swamps, and on the hills that
stretch from Texas to Virginia. And
81 we say please permit us to remem-
Der the war, at least until the time
comes for US to join those who went
down before our eyes on hotter fields
than ever came to trouble even the
dreams of CleYcIand, and Endicott
aud Drum.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
EASIERN LAVA BEDS.
Mountains of Melted Rock in Connection
am! Other Gtatcs

Mountains of Melted Rock in Connecticut
and Othcr states.
The repeated earthquake shocks in
the " estcrn States, considered in con-
nection with the dcstructiycly severe
ones last August and September, make
one wonder sometimes if Connecticut
VIII always escape with rs light a shak-
ing up rs it received when the city Of
Charleston was SO nearly destroyed.
But if there is no present danger from
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in
Connecticut, the time is not very far
distant, geoIogically speaking, when
the city of Hartford, had it existed,
would have been in danger of being
flooded with lava. 1t was some time
before the Connecticut valley was PEG
pied with red men and ahJut the time
it WAS settled with red mud; ii was
when those great bir' thirty OF forty
feet high, and wcighIr Q eight hundred
to nine hundred pounds, were stalking
about in the mad at Portland, tnlta great
rent was made in the crust Of the earth
up and down the Connecticut valley
and streams of lava poured out. Ono
Of these assures made its appearance
within few miles Of Hartford, at Tai
colt mountain, and the cooled lava now
forms the solid Foundation Of that pleas
ant summer resort. Another outpoug
occurred near Mcriden, and the cliffs
there are what remain of this solidiiiad
ebullition after the glaciers have acted
upon it. The east and west rocks OF
New Haven are the outcome of this
same eruption, and just over the line
Mount Tom and Mount Holvoko
belong to the same family Of
fiery mountains, rs also do
the Palisades on the Hudson. 1t would
appear that these lava eruptions in
Connecticut were Of comparatively
short duration and that the force that
caused the earth to crack omen, up and
down the valley in nearly a straight
line, suddenly ceased to act and the
assures closed up again. Great as
must have been the force exerted and
vast as must have been the amount of
lava forced out, yet these mountains
of melted rock here in Connecticut
sink into insigniticance when COM
pared with q bed of lava in the north
western part of this country. There
the sheet Of lava spreads out over the
country from two thousand to four
thousand feet thick. 1t covers over
not only the whole of Idaho, but most
Of Oregon and Washington Territory.
and portions of Nevada, California and
Montana Incredible as it almost
seems, this great sheet, so many feet
thick, spreads over an area Of country
nearly forty times as large as the whole
State Of Connecticut All the people
who return from California over the
Northern Pacific railroad pass through
a canyon several thousand feet deep
worn through this frozen sea of lava by
the Columbia River.
Much rs Connecticut has TO boast of
in owning some Of the first dry land
that was ever created and which has
never since been covered by water.
aud settled and solid as it now appears,
covered with coating of snow and
ice, still in comparatively modern
times it was in a very unsettled condi-
ton and on the point Of boiling over its
. oor3ers.-HarJoTd Eceniag Post.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
by iie wa En.prpstr,E.

First Mani say, its an outrage,
sir, the idea of these bloated capital
ISIS refusing to pay their men Oh Sat
urday, when the weeks work is done. "
Second man-"But the pay comes
promptly enough on Monday; what
difference does it make 50 long as the
payments are regular"
Its the principle of the thing, sir.
The cause Of human rights and human
liberty is at stake. I've a great mind
to buy newspaper and make Satur-
day payday great political issue. "
Buy newspaper? thought YOU
were a poor workingman!'
Oh, no; I'm a saloon-keeper."
Among the sports to come off at
Port Arthur, last week we note the
following.
80 yards race for girls under -
years-A handsome album by J. J..
O'Conner; 2nd, pair of lads slippers
by 4. McGilIis.
= yards race for girls under y
ycars-1st prize, a lady's companion,
plush, value S15O, by W. A. Mccall
lum; 2nd prize, a scrap album, S1.25
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
Letters From Our Mother
Country. No 3.
Christmas in England Display in
Ecrket Halt Prizes for Best Near
--ChTstmus Greetings TROUBLE
some Youngsters Services Be-
SfowQi of Charities.

Christmas tide is the season for a
Chg time" in England The proven
bal roast beef and plum pudding is
plentiful, added to which can be found
geese, turkeys and fowls of every de
scription in bountifuI supply | went
into the Shrewsbury Market Hall out
Of idle curiosity whore were scattered
farmers wives and ruddy checked
daughters with hundreds of dressed
fowl festooned with holly and mistle-
toe presenting a very attractive APP
pearance. Two days before Christ
mas day there is large cattle sale, at
which prizes are offered for the best
fed beast. Then comes the slaughter
Of the innocents', and beef, mutton
and pork adorn the butchers stores
throughout the town. Here again
prizes are offered Tor the best dressed
butchers stores, and it really is a sight
- ''l,s '''''"5 Il '"G S''e''S o,i Cl' '9'- -.
mas Eye and see the fine display Of
meat ne '''1' ''S''',i 'A'''i'' ~
every anu " sore anu J"usSa '''.'
''"''.' oi' o,'' y ''''S '-'e - give t'''i'
verdict, and the successful competitors
display the prizes in The store win
oo"s' lheS7 ifl@'' frequently take
'''' i'' ~ u " S''e' cup u '''''i
we y 'o'i' Nii''' y o''7,'
IN is'''i''' ",45 comics '''iO' '''''' ever!
son ana '''''5"'er o' A'''''n must pc
prepare" % pass 4 restless il5hL-oF'
f"'lleI' "''ti''liS -ioF d soon d ''e
n'ia''iS"' h'or Is past ana very often
before u : you near some young uf-
cn'h OF o'hef "otI''% your eSiI'le an"
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merry Nil'l9'li'''' 70 Nh ali" 'ilS'
Ihfiaaie ana All me happy sometimes
royal) iamiiy' ana there they VIII
keep shouting until You answer them
either ~ threatening to put The dogs
on them or hE dropping that balm Tor
ever nuisance 4 piece ., ii'V0'' WIN
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On Christmas morning was reused
from my siumbcrs by hearing the
charming ~ voices OF some young
SterS Singing at my bedroom door
WHITTIER tEey had come by special per
mission, beng the children OF friends
poor me.
Il Wiz. la yra q A-"7y o.i.ssa"' and " Happy Ee"
The roads are very dirty. my shacsarc very Thin
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06

We haye a law on our statute
books which makes the keeping of a
house Of i'll fame punishable by three
years imprisonment or by from six
months to one year in the county Jail
or Il fine of from 500 to $500.
We would like to inquire if this
law is being enforced in Superior We
all know that we haye the houses all
sure enough, but no one has yet heard
Of any arrests, imprisonmcnts or fines.
We think the rigid enforcement Of
either Of the penalties provided by the
law, were enforced it would have the
effect to drive these denominations
from our town. VIII our officers try
If?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06

Last winter the legislature passed
the Fish and Game Warden bill, pro-
viding two wardens, at a salary Of
$500 year each, whose duty it is to
look after and enforce the law for the
protection Of fish and game. Now, the
people of Douglas County would like
to know what has become Of these Of
iicials. The law is bcing violated al
most every day as relates to game,
deer being slaughtered in shameful
manner and lent to rot and pollute the
air where slain, and not one arrest has
been made, and no representative Of
the law has ever shown his face in the
county that any one knows Of We
suggest that these wardens 30 their
duty, or that their pay be withheld.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
Birds 81 IA Feather.

An Eastern man Is trying to raise a
breed of turkeys with four legs for
Thanksgiving dinner purposes.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
According to an eminent English
authority a goose lives fifty years.
PROVIDED, Of course, he refrains from
blowing out the gas when he rct;res. NJ
Yonkers Statesman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06

A daughter was born to c. Z.
Nears Of the Polk County Press last
Thursday, July 14th.-Exchange.
At last accounts brother Mears was
doing a well as could be expected
under the circumstances.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-06
W.T. ARE NEW QUARTERS

" = AAANAl r : 2 Il - q = : Ell x - ~
All slick and clean Everything New and Nobby Our line
Of SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHING is
fine can be found anywhere We have an elegant line
Of Summer UNDERWEAR and STRAW HATS In Boys
Clothing we beat the world We make speciality Of honest
durable goods and positively guarantee every article sold to
be just as represented Our prices are lower than the low
est Come and see us when in town. and will guarantee
to save you money, at the
Northwestern Clothing House.
PoIiers Old Stand, Ne. 1, West njri22 2 RnuDV
GuCCri0T ST., Duluth FsLiuu u DUNDl
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30

If there is any gratitude among the
Democratic ~voters-the rank and file of
the party-in Dakota, they will instruct
their delegates to the national conven.
ton to cast their ballots for the Hon. L.
@. C. Lamar, the present secretary Of
the interior, for presidential candidate
in 1888. He is the only Democrat Of
note in the country who has stood by.
the people of this territory and prevent
ed the complete destruction Of their in
terests. He reverses the decisions Of
Commissioner Sparks as fast as they
reach HIM. He has frequently remind
ed the commissioner that congress is
the law-making power, and that the in.
terror department officers are simply the
agents through whom the laws are to be
executed. Lamar is man of profound
legal, ability, and his respect for the
statutes and for legal precedent out
party consideration or political
feeling. Sparks is = blatant demagog
and a sublime political knave-:a fungus
growth from the miasmatic Illinois boys
which produced rank crops of copper
headlsm during the war, and he came
within an ace Of stretching hemp at the
hands of indignant Unionists for some
of his "reform" remarks about 1864.
His respect for law is nil his admira-
ton for Sparks is monumental.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
The Northern Tier.

Special Correspondence Of the I%NrER.0csAS.l
BoDEN, April N.-John Hunter was
over from Towner county last week.
Rev. Father Claude will hold divine
services at tho residence Of Patrick Red
mond tomorrow.
Seeding operations will be concluded
in a few days, when farmers will turn
their attention to the preparation of
ground for the planting Of corn, pota-
toes, garden seeds, etc.
Work on our new school house has
been temporarily suspended during the
busy season. twill be resumed I'M few
days and pushed to completion, when ar
engagements will be made for the COM
mencement of school.
This region furnishes a magnificent
field Of sport for the marksman and tour
list. Millions of wild geese and brant are
daily seen on the grain fields, and it does
not require the skill ola Kentucky sharp
shooter toprocure q dozen ofthese aquatic
birds in n simple 7" bang" of the shot
gun. In connection g with there are
deer and antelope by the hundr eds roam-
ing over the prairie a few mi lies north of
here.
How is this for a goose problem? One
of our assistant reporters saw a flock of
geese, a few days since and remarked:
"There were two geese between two
geese, two geese before two geese, and
two geese behind two geese" How many
geese were there. BERCHER.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
FRANK MEAD, who killed Frank Farms,
worth in St Paul last fall, has been &C
quilted. Self defense was the theory of
his innocence.
Fargo's AR Bubble.
Vil1.nA T>.A>.

At the recent municipal election in
Fargo Maj. A.. W. Edwards was elected
mayor, and now every nincompoop in
the territory, anxious to see, his name
in print, is sending him letters congrat-
ulatory Of Ibis success. Now, fthe Argus
stead Of an imitation organ to blow Maj.
Edwards up to gigantic and fictitious
proportions, the public might endure
the major % mayor Of Fargo for the
ensuing year, but we have fears that
some day in the future the great air
bubble Of that thriving city may be
pierced by some unseen power, and all
the glory of it, enchanting transparency
vanish like the brilllancy of q falling
meteor, leaving nothing behind it but q
train Of gloomy retrospections.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
CITY ELECTION.

The annual city election takes place
next Monday. A board Of five trustees,
a marshel and a city justice are to be
chosen. As yet no concentrated aim or
purpose in the choice of these officers
has been made. Party politics cannot.
or at least should not, enter into the
question. The advancement of the
town is and should remain the dominant
motive; and so far as the INTER-OcEAN Is
concerned we believe q citizens ticket
to be the proper thing. A caucus of the
business men and property owners
should be held this Saturday evening
for the purpose of putting a citizens
ticket in the field. The caucus should
be well attended, and a good broad
gagged board should be nominated.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Attention, Homeseekers.

As the season is on hand when thous.
anus Of people from all parts Of the world
are coming to this country to find homes
on which they may live as Independent
as q king, I take the liberty to say that I
have lived in Devils Lake for the last four
years, during which time I have been
engaged in the land and locating bust
ness and consequently ought to be able
to give assistance in selecting q good
tract Of land. Therefore, when you come
shall be glad to have an opportunity to
do you good service. Within q distance
Of from twelve to fifteen miles from this
town there are thousands and thousands
of acres Of tho choicest free government
land. II on wish to purchase q farm OF
buy q claim nearer to town I have q good
list to show you. SvEND AsPAAs,
Office at Nora House, Devils Lake.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30

The Minot Tribune is the name of
Marshall McClure's new paper. The
first number is we'll filled with local
news and has a gratuitous write up of
all the business places. Mcclure can
aud will make a good newspaper, and
the people of Minot should give it a
liberal support.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Queen City.

Special Correspondence of the INTER-OCEAN.I
The stage coach with the U. s. mail
now passes through Queen city four
times each week.
The cold snap from April 81 to April
Gifted tie soil enough to largely over
balance the hindrance.
Union Sabbath school at the church in
Webster township May ! and each Sab
bath following at 2 o'clock p. m.
Preaching has been appointed for Q
O'Clock p. m. on May 8 at the white school
house Q the east end of Freshwater
lake, about four miles northeast of the
Belgrade bridge. A Union Sunday
school will also be organized.
Prospects SO far seem to indicate @
era. IL.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
BODY BooDLERs.
Grand Forks Getting a Reputation
as q Snatcher.
Plaindsalsr, April 90.

Tho Farmer matter is likely to result
in unpleasant revelations. "6lippery,"
a colored friend of Farmer, was intrusted
with $40 by the widow Of the deceased
for the purpose of purchasing q cheap
coffin and defraying the burial expenses.
This sum he claims to have given Tom
hurry, mi of the cornorer's Jury, MUIR
ry promising to use it for the purpose
named, and to see that Farmer was prop
hurry is credited with saying that
"Slip" gave him but 81. which sum he
used in material out of which to make q
coffin, leaving the balance of the expense
incurred in behalf of the now famous
Isaac to be paid by Polk county. Yes
terday Will Hall and "Slippery'' went
to East Grand Forks and prosecuted the
most diligent inquiry with the view of
ascertaining what disposition was made
of the remains of their friend, but all to
no purpose, and now the entire colored
coroner or whoever else's duty it was to
see that Farmer was buried, and they
propose, if possible, to take legal steps to
compel some M to show up the burial
place or tell what was done with the re.
mains. All they were able to learn is
that the box containing the cadaver was
left on the roadside and that the corpse
either got up and shouldered his bed and
and strobe away in the wee sma' hours
or that some fearless hu man stole the
outfit.
That the body Of Miller, the murderer
of the Smells, was exhumed shortly after
burial as intimated by the Plaindealer OF
Sunday morning, we have the testimony
of n who came ear being an eye-wit-
ness to the work of exhumation. He
says the work was done the night follow
ing the day of Millsr's execution and
burial, and that the body was carved in
9 manner worthy of artists on the night
of the exhumation, the operation taking
place in q public building not more than
9 thousand miles from Grand Forks.
But as Miller couldn't kick, probably nc
one else should.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30

MARX SHEAFE, the Democratic reg
lister of the Watertown land Office, will
not accept proofs made before probate
Judges, but insists that they shall be
made before clerks Of court. The pro-
bate Judges are Republicans and the
clerks of court are Democrats.